Word: catholicization
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"Under the insinuating blandishments of their words lurks the gravest error, which tends totally to undermine the very foundations of the Catholic faith. . . . All men understand . . . the duty of believing absolutely God's revelations and obeying His commands. For this purpose, Christ founded the Church on earth. All those who...
Not these words but their Latin equivalent were written last week by Pope Pius XI. They, together with many another illuminating the same question, formed the first papal encyclical of the year and the eleventh encyclical composed by the present pontiff. Superficially, they were merely a restatement of the principles...
Now an old man, frail, delicate, serious, Lord Halifax could read in the encyclical the defeat of a lifetime's labor. It had been his idea, as it was the idea of many English high-churchmen and laymen, that the Church of England, which does not recognize itself as protestant...
Said America, national U. S. Catholic weekly: "Logically, the Holy Father holds it impossible to conceive of a Christian society where each is free to believe as he lists. . . . Others may whittle away or compromise their principles; not, however, the Vicar of Christ. To assume that he can is to...
...president one who has kissed the Pope's ring, even, it may be supposed, if the one in question is the greatest governor New York ever had. The stupid assertions about drinking that have been made by drys who now oppose Smith, are incredible enough, but atatcks on Catholicism by religious enemies of the Governor, by the example of Mr. Hefflin, are now seen to present even greater possibilities...